Juvenile Justice - LAWS8105
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 0
Enrolment Requirements:
Pre-requisite: Academic Program must be 9200 or 9210 or 9230 or 5740 or 9285 or 5285 or 9235 or 5235 or 9220 or 5750.
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
In Australia and throughout much of the Western world, few criminological issues attract greater concern and censure than juvenile/youth crime. In many jurisdictions it is increasingly claimed that identifiable groups of children and young people are ‘out of control’, with populist discourse and media reporting even implying ‘crisis’ conditions. Alongside such concern and censure, contemporary developments in law, policy and practice developments are placing greater emphasis upon strategies and modes of intervention ostensibly designed to ‘break the cycle’ and, it is claimed, offset young people’s progress towards disorder, anti-social behaviour, crime, gang activity and/or violence. This course will reflect upon and critically evaluate the legitimacy of such developments.
- The historical origins and contemporary manifestations of discrete juvenile/youth justice systems will be examined;
- The true nature and extent of youth offending and the patterning of youth crime will be surveyed;
- The multiple competing imperatives that comprise youth justice law, policy and practice including: ‘welfare’, ‘justice’, ‘informalism’, ‘treatment’, ‘rights’, ‘responsibilities’, ‘prevention’, ‘restoration’, ‘remoralisation’, ‘rehabilitation’, ‘retribution’ and ‘punishment’ will be analysed;
- The roles and functions of the constituent agencies that make-up modern juvenile/youth systems will be explored;
- The module will be underpinned by comparative analyses at local, national and transnational levels and the application of international human rights standards, treaties, rules, conventions and guidelines in the juvenile/youth justice sphere.
More information can be found on the Course Outline Website.
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